Pail-stool.



E. A. OLIVER.

PAIL STOOL. APPLICATION ELLED JAN. 13, 1915.

1,138,141. Patented May 4, 1915.

UNITED s'rnzrns PATENT onrion;

PAIL-STOOL.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented May 4, 1915.

' Application fildd January 13,1915. Serial m. 2,066. t

i ring. 6. 'The inner ends of these screws are headed while suitable clamping nuts are threaded upon the outer ends thereof.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, \ELAM A. OL vER, a citizen of the United States, residlng at Belleville, in the county of Dane and State The milk pall, indicated at 11, is adapted 5 of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and to be arranged within the rings 6, the lower useful Improvements in Pail-Stools, of; edge of said pail resting upon the horizontal I which the following is a specification, referbase bar 7. To eyes 12, secured in thelowerence being had to the accompanying drawmost ring 6,at diametrically opposite sides 4 ings; v j \p thereof, the coil springs 13 are attached at 10 This invention'relates to an improved pail one of their ends. The other ends of these stool or support, and has for its primary obsprings are provided with the hooks 14 ject to provide a simple, inexpensive, and which are adapted to be engaged over the convenient stool for milk pails, including upper edge or rim of the pail 11, as clearly means for securely holdingthe pail in posishown in Fig. 1 of the drawn In this 15 tion'upon the support, said means, however, manner, it will be understood'that the pail admitting of the easy and quick removal of is securely held upon the stool against verthe pail. tical movement. It is apparent, however,

The invention has for one of its more that, in the use of the device, the springs particular objects to provide amilk pail 13 will gradually decrease in resiliency, so

0 stool embodying an adjustable element upon that they would become less and less efiec which the pail directly rests, and holding tive, were it not for the provision of the adsprings permanently attached at one of their justable base bar 7 of the stool. When it is ends to the stool and provided with hooks seen that the springs are losing their resiliupon their other ends for engagement over ency, the operator loosens the clamping 5 the upper rim of the bucket, the adjustment screws 10 and moves the horizontal bar 7 of the stool element compensating for de-Y upwardly so that the pail will be supported crease in the resiliency of the springs, whereat a higher elevation with respect to the by their effectiveness may be prolonged. -rings 6. The nuts 10 are ,then again ad- With the above and other objects in View, justed into clamping engagement with the my invention consists in 'the novel features ower rin 6 to securely hold the bar 7 of construction, combination, and arrangeagainst further movement In order to now ment of parts to be hereinaftermore fully engage the hooks 14 on the free ends of the described, claimed,.and illustrated in the acsprings, with the upper edge of the pail, companying drawing, in which, it will be necessary to expand the springs to Figure 1 is a perspective view of a milk some extent so' that they will exert their pail stool constructed in aocordancewith the contractual action to create a downward preferred embodiment of my invention; Fig. pressure of the'pail upon the base bar 7 2 is a vertical section; and Fig. 3 is a detail From the foregoing description, taken in perspective view of the adjustable pail supconnection with the accompanying drawing, porting bar; it will be seen that I have provided a very Referring in detail to the drawing, 5 serviceable and convenient milk pail stool designates the supporting legs of the stool, or support and one which is very'durable in any desired number of which: may be empractical use. It is obvious that the rings6of ployed. To the upper end portions 'of these the stool may be made of various diameters legs, the spaced rings 6 are soldered or other-' so as to receive pails of diflerent sizes. The Wise permanently secured. device is also susceptible of many other designates a horizontal base bar, the exmodifications in the form, proportion, and remities of whichare angularly bent and arrangement of the several elements em I ployed, and I, therefore, reserve the privihe lowermost ring 6. These upturned ends lege of resorting to' all such legitimate f the base barare longitudinally slotted, changes as may e fairly embodied within Y s at 8, to receive the screws 9 which are the spirit 1 and cope of the invention as isposed through openings provided in the claimed.

ertically disposed against'the inner face of Having thus fully described my invention, holding devices permanently-attached at one What I desire to claim and secure by Letof their ends to said ring and provide with ters Patent is means on their other ends for detachable 1. A milk pail stool including a vertically engagement over the upper edge of the pail. '5 adjustable base bar upon which the pail im-' 4:- A milk pail stool including supporting mediately rests'and is supported, and resililegs, spaced rings secured to said legs, a 'ent holding devices connected to the stool horizontal base bar having vertically disand adapted for detachable connection to posed slotted end portions engaged against the upper edge of the pail. the inner face of one of said rings at diametmediately rests and is supported, and a 0011 and through said ring to adjustably secure spring permanently attached at one end to the barupon the ring, andcoil springs perthe stool and providedcwith means on its manently connected at one of their ends to 15 other end for detachable engagement with said ring at diametrically opposite points the upper edge of the pail. and provided with means on their other ends 3. A milk pail stool including legs, spaced for detachable engagement With the upper rings secured to said legs, a horizontal base edge of the pail.

bar. having its ends engaged against the In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my 20 inner face of one of the rings at diametrisignature in the presgfiexof two witnesses.

cally opposite points and adapted to 1m M A. OLIVER. mediately receive and support the pail, Witnesses: means for vertically a'd usting said base bar C B. MINCH,

uponthe ring, and a plurality of resilient lvlyn'rnc B. HARMON.

10 2A milk pail stool including a vertically rically opposite points, clamping means exadjustable base bar upon which the pail imtending through the slotted ends of said bar 

